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The
National Youth Commission unveiled on December 24 20 travel routes around the
island to help young people at home and abroad to further understand Taiwan's
culture and customs during the upcoming winter vacation.
The "Learning Taiwan Through Travel" program set up to
encourage local and overseas students to take in-depth tours in early 2007 will
offer participants the rare opportunity to observe in-depth the island and its
people, officials from the commission said.
According to the officials, the 20 routes have been divided into four
categories, namely exploring
Taiwan
's art and history, observing local people's livelihood, discovering
Taiwan
's ecosystem, and learning about
Taiwan
's indigenous people.
Depending on which route they choose, the officials said, participants
will either travel around the island
county
of
Penghu
or wander through the eastern
county
of
Taitung
on bicycle, shoot the rapids in a canoe on a river in
Hualien
County
, get a close-up view of indigenous people's life by staying in their homes, or
survey the island's different wetlands. One of the tour routes will give
participants the chance to experience something most people would prefer to
avoid: staying in a jail to experience the life of inmates.
Instead of traveling abroad for learning, local students can learn about
the colorful aspects of the island's culture, customs and natural environment by
enrolling in the program which offers top quality trips at the lowest possible
prices, the officials said.
In light of the great success of a similar program during the summer
vacation this year, the officials said they are certain the program during the
upcoming winter vacation will be very popular, urging students who are
interested in the program to visit the commission's Web site at
www.youthhub.net.tw/youthtravel.
(Source:
Central News Agency) | 